“Black Coffee” – 3-part Series on KQED starting Friday (Sep 10)

Black Coffee: “From its discovery on an ancient Ethiopian hillside to its role as a contemporary elixir, coffee has dominated and molded the economies, politics and social structures of entire countries. This 3-part series traces the unique and volatile history of this ubiquitous beverage….” (Via KQED Public Media for Northern CA.)

And because you can never have too much black coffee, check out my previous post, on the song of that name…

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is an over-caffeinated and under-employed grad school dropout, aspiring leftwing intellectual and cultural studies academic, cinéaste, and former poet. Raised in San Francisco on classic film, radical politics, burritos and soul music, then set loose upon the world. He spends his time in coffee shops with his laptop and headphones, caffeinating and trying to construct a post-whatever life.